Trunk-tray



s. Mi-MIGHBLSON.

TRUNK TRAY.

Patented May -29,.1883.

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SIGISMUND MMIOHELSON, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

TRUNK-TRAY.

SPECIFICATIQN forming-part of Letters Patent No. 278,580, dated May 29, 1883,

Application iiledmMarch 27, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: y

Be it known that I, SIGISMUND M. MICHEL- sON, of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee, and inthe State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful ,Improvements in Trunk-Trays; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear', and` exact description thereof. i

My invention relates to trunks; and itconsists in certain novel means for sustainingone or more of the trunk-trays duringthe operations of packing and unpacking, 'or whenever it is' desirable to get at the contents of that portion of the trunk below the upper tray, all as will be more fully set forth hereinafter.

In lthe drawings, Figure lis a perspective View ot' an open trunk, showing the upper tray sustained by my invention upon the front edge ot' the trunk-top; and Fig'. 2 is a similar view, showing two of the traysthus sustained. Fig. 3 is a detail'view, showing the construction and operation of thesupporting device. Y

A isa trunk of any ordinary construction, provided with a top, A', hinged thereto, and with trays B B. The trunk-top has a at front, a', level with the front of the trunk proper when closed, 'and a metal strip or valP ance, A2, surrounds the front and side edges of the top, so as to make a tight joint with the trunk when the top is closed.

C is a catch or supporting device, of which one or moreis to be applied to the bottom ot each tray; and it consists ot' a tlat strap of metal bent back upon itself a short distance at one end, and provided with holes at the other end, (or the whole device may be cast trunk-top, and the projecting-valance A2 thereof is forced between the doubled end of the catch G, as shown in Fig. 3, thereby holding the tray firmly in place and guarding against its being accidentally knocked of by a touch or jar, or by moving the contents back and forth in theftray, as might happen it' it were not so secured. In Fig. 2 I have shown two trays thus supported, and the number that may be thus supported is only limited by the length of the trunk and the width ofthe trays from end to end.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In combination with a trunk-tray, acatch secured on the under side thereof,'and adapted, when thejtray is removed from the body ot' the trunk, to receive the valance of the trunk-top, so that the tray will be supported on the front edge ot` the top when the' latter is open, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand, on this 20th day of March, 1883, in the presence of two witnesses.

SlGISMUblD M. MIOHELSON. Witnesses H. G. UNDERwooD, M. KAUMHEIMER. 

